Word: priore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Already it has reduced the number of standard paints from over 100 to 17, and performed other services to commerce. Mr. Hoover's latest effort through this Division is to compile a Dictionary of Specifications. He called a conference of industrial men in Washington prior to beginning work. The Dictionary is to help buyers throughout the country order standardized products and obtain exactly what they have in mind. It will be revised and reissued from time to time in order to keep pace with a advances in manufacture. By standardizing specifications Mr. Hoover estimates that the cost of many...
...great department was that of psychology which, under G. Stanley Hall, achieved international note. There were also well known departments of biology, chemistry, physics, history, social science and education. And in general the university was known for the unselfish spirit of scientific research which there existed. This was all prior to the beginning of the present administration...
...Prior to Harding's speech there had been a strong pro-League move in Republican ranks, which threatened a split in the Party and the loss of the election...
...Turks claimed $750,000,000 to indemnify them for damage and loss of life caused by the Greeks in Anatolia during their retreat to Smyrna last Fall. The Greeks replied with a counter claim for $500,000,000 for damage and loss of life caused by the Nationalist Turks prior to the Spring of 1921. Both declined to pay. The Turks pointed out that it was unusual for the vanquished to demand an indemnity from the victor. The Greeks contended that they were invited by the Allies to administer a mandate in Turkey in accordance with the terms...
...been taxed under the revenue acts of 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1921. The new ruling, which is said to require refunds of several million dollars in taxes-how much is not known-amounts in general to this: A corporation cannot be taxed on profits received from a subsidiary, prior to March 1, 1923, but not distributed until after that date. However, all profits accumulated since that date must first be distributed. The new regulation adds: " Due consideration must be given to the facts, and mere bookkeeping entries increasing or decreasing surplus will not be conclusive...